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Publication: The Local
Date: December 31, 2008
URL: http://www.thelocal.se/16652/20081231/
The police have contracted a security firm
to help with the surveillance and protection of the police station in the
Malmö suburb of Rosengård.
In connection with unrest in Rosengård
the station has on repeated occasions been the target of fireworks, vandalism
and stone-throwing youths.
The security firm will be deployed to help
to ensure that the vandalism is not repeated, according to a report by local
TV4 news program.
Michael Storm at Malmö police pointed
out to TV4 that the move in no way meant that the police were unable to look
after themselves.
The security firm will instead render it unnecessary
for police officers to keep watch outside their own police station and free
up resources for other duties. The firm will help the police to monitor those
moving in and around the area.
"We of course think that this is an insecure
situation, but now it has happened and we are working on normalizing the situation,"
he said.
